Frau Warner speaks German with an Amish man!
In August I visited friends in Ohio and their area is also Amish country.
We visited Behalt, an Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center, and I got to speak German with an Amish man.
I got to speak German with an Amish man!!!
I also learned that:
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most people have no clue about the Amish and Mennonite people.
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most of what we (think we) know about the Amish and Mennonite is incorrect.
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the Amish speak no Dutch!
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they're also not from Pennsylvania.
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they don't all speak Pfälzisch. Really!
It did my heart and soul a lot of good to speak German with a native speaker again.
I hope you enjoy hearing about it.
Visit Behalt: https://behalt.com/
behalten: to keep, to preserve, to maintain
N.B. While the GermanWithNicole.com Podcast no longer exists, you can still hear all of the audios here on the blog. The audios are available on the blog posts published between August 1, 2021 and October 1, 2024. Viel Spaß beim Hören!
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2 comments
Hi Nicole, I so enjoyed listening to this story about the Amish. I had a similar experience when I was about seventeen and went to the Lancaster county fair with my Tante Anne and Onkel Hans. I was floored when I heard the people taking to each other and realized they were talking German. I just assumed they were Dutch because of what they are called here. I was born in Germany in 1950, just outside of Bremerhaven. My parents and 2 siblings immigrated to New York in 1955. Our parents mostly spoke German to us and after just a short time we answered in English. I never really spoke German till I went in 1971 to visit my relatives (my parents talked me in to it)! It was amazing when I had to speak it I realized I could!! I also met the man I would marry the next year, when I went back. We lived there for 4 1/2 years and then moved back to the US with my husband and 2 year old daughter in tow. Now I am fluent and speak with my sister-in-law once a week and also the few Tantes and one Onkel left over there. Also some cousins and 2 girlfriends. Ich wird noch mehr von deine Sachen anhören. Grüße Marleen
Das ist so eine schöne Geschichte! In the US I run into German-speaking people often, we sit in the same part of the movie theater or we visit the same events, it's kind of wild. That's the feeling--being floored. Du sagst es!
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